USPTO Patents Application 10079517

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m THE VNTTED STATES PATENT AM) TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re Application of

MinhVanKOO
Serial No.: 10/079,517
Filed: Fetiruary22,2002

Group Art Unit 1742

Exanuoen George P. Wyszomdiski

For: USING LTA/NH3 OR H2 T REMOVE CUO FOR BETTER ADHESION OF CU
AND SIN CAPPING

jl^irrT AP ATTON UNDER 37 CFR 81.131

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Commissioner for Patents
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Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Sir:

I, Min Van Ngo, hereby declare that:

1 . I am the inventor of &e Invention disclosed and claimed in the above-
referenced United States patent app&cdtioiL

2. I am aware ofthe prosecution history ofthisappUcation which was filed
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on February 22, 2002. I am also aware that
certahi claims were rejected under 35 USC §102 for lack of novchy or under 35 USC
§103 for obviousness predicated upon U.S. Patent No. 6,429,049 issued to Lee ct al. on
August 6, 2002 based upon an appUcation filed in the United States Patent and
TVademadc Office on June 5, 2001.

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3. To my knowledge and in view of the factual evidence supplied herewith,
the present Invention was conceived in the United States prior to June 5, 2001 , the filing
date of the Lee et al. application. This fact is evidenced by the attached laboratory
notebook entry and the invention disclosure submitted to Advanced Micro Devices. Inc.
(AMD), the assignee herein (Exhibit A hereto). The redacted date was prior to June 5,
2001. Due diligence was exercised firom prior to the June 5, 2001 filing date of the Lee et
al. application to the filing date of the present application on February 22, 2002.

4. I fiirtfaer declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
further that these statements were made vwlh the knowledge that willM

and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001
of Title 18 of the United States Code and Aat such willful £dse statements may
jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

Date

MinhVanNgo

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ATTORNEY: Arthur J. Stelner

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